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13Th Annual Graduate School and Internship Fair October 19, 2012 8:30 Am – 12:00 Pm Room A300 13th Annual Graduate School and Internship Fair October 19, 2012 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Room A300 Welcome to the 2012 STEM Graduate School and Internship Fair! The UHD Scholars Academy STEM Graduate School and Internship Fair is an excellent opportunity for students within the College of Sciences and Technology to connect with prospective graduate schools and research/internship programs. Students are strongly encouraged to speak with as many different programs as possible to explore all available opportunities. Good luck and have fun! 8:30 - 9:15 am Registration and Check-in 9:15 - 10:15 am Student Poster Session and Breakfast Mixer 10:15 - 12:00 pm Graduate School and Internship Fair Almighty Ministries, Inc. Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Youth Development - Education School of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine University of Houston-Central Graduate Program in Molecular and Human Genetics College of Pharmacy Human Genome Sequencing Center College of Technology Graduate Programs PREP Program: Post-Bac Research/Education Program Computer Science Graduate Program SMART Program: Summer Undergraduate Research Training Mathematics Graduate Program City of Houston – Houston Crime Laboratory University of Houston-Downtown Masters of Arts in Teaching C3 Texas (Campus to Community Coalition of Texas) M.S. in Professional Writing & Technical Communication Dallas Baptist University NSF Noyce Teacher Scholarship Programs Graduate Programs University of Houston-Clear Lake Emory University School of Science and Computer Engineering Physics Graduate Program University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Graduate School Graduate Programs University of North Texas (UNT) Ohio State University College of Engineering Toulouse Graduate School College of Arts and Sciences Sam Houston State University UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health Office of Graduate Studies Southern Methodist University University of Texas at Austin The Guildhall Office of Admissions Graduate School McCombs School of Business - MS in Finance Program Stephen F. Austin State University Environmental Sciences & Geology University of Texas at El Paso Mathematics and Statistics Graduate School MSNS Chemistry / Biochemistry University of Texas at San Antonio Texas A & M International University Graduate School MS in Biology & MS in Mathematics & Education University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Texas A & M University – College Station School of Biomedical Informatics College of Engineering School of Nursing Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics The Houston Laboratory and Population Sciences Training Program in Gene-Environment Interaction Texas A & M University Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Texas Chiropractic College Enrollment Management University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Occupational Health Sciences Texas Southern University Occupational & Environmental Health Graduate School Online Executive Masters of Public Administration University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions Texas Tech University Graduate School University of Texas Medical Branch Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (HSC) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences School of Nursing School of Health Professions School of Nursing Texas Tech University HSC – El Paso Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences University of Texas School of Public Health School of Health Profession Sponsored by: The Brown Foundation, Inc.; National Science Foundation (0728408, 0903948); and UH-Downtown. One Main Street, 725-North; Houston TX 77002-1001 Phone: 713-222-5344; Fax: 713-223-5356; [email protected]; www.uhd.edu/scholars th 13 Annual Graduate School and Internship Fair October 19, 2012 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Room A300 Welcome to the 2012 Graduate School and Internship Fair! The UHD Scholars Academy is pleased to feature scholarly undergraduate STEM research poster presentations. Please join us in this scholarly undertaking by visiting each poster, dialoguing with the student presenters about their project, and encouraging them through offering constructive considerations that can benefit them in their next phase of research. Student Research Poster Session: 1 – Reihana Abdelmaksaud, Kimberlyn Garcia, “The Effects 9 – Harrison Kraft, “Exclusive Paternal Care and the Natural of Garlic Extracts + Acyclovir on the Suppression of the History of Platydesmus subovata” Herpes Simplex Virus Type I Replication in Vitro” UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Barry Sullender UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tyra Montgomery, Dr. Qavi Co-Author: Dr. Debbie Bush Hamida Project Location: Bocas Del Toro, Panama Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown 10 – Adolfo Lara, “Development of Novel Molecular Markers 2 – Rogelio Camacho, Yesenia Salazar, “The Effect of Heat on for Species-Level Identification of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria, Granite Rocks for Nuclear Depository” Actiniaria)” UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janusz Grebowicz, Dr. Jorge Tito- Faculty Mentor: Dr. Estefania Rodriguez, Dr. Mercer Burgler Izquierdo Co-Author: Matt Erby Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Project Location: The American Museum of Natural History, New York 3 – Kaleigh Ceasar, “The Poetry Wizard” UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hong Lin 11 – Milena Lobaina, “Inhibition of TK Negative HSV-1 Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Replication by Antiriral Agents from Single Clove Garlic in Vitro” 4 – Raymond Cherian, Sarah Syed, “Could Platydesmus UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tyra Montgomery, Dr. Qavi Millipedes Dilute their Risk of Predation by Aggregating?” Hamida UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Barry Sullender Co-Authors: Issac Omuhambe, Dr. Tyra Montgomery, Dr. Qavi Project Location: Bocas Del Toro, Boca Del Drago, Panama Hamida Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown 5 –Fatoumata Diallo, “Computational Studies of 1, 2 HOPO Chelating Ligands” 12 – Aisha Mehmood, “Computational Calculations on Novel UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maria Benavides Plutonium Sequestering Agent” Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maria Benavides Co-Author: Dr. Maria Benavides 6 – Heather Fulkerson, “The Human Mucosal Response Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Against Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factors” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bowden 13 – Wilfredo Molina, “Recursive Evaluation Algorithms for 2- Co-Author: Andrea Bordt, Jesse Dunkle, Heather Moor M.D, D h – Bezier Surfaces” Eric L. Brown PhD, M. Gabriela Bowden PhD Faculty Mentors: Dr. Plamen Simeonov Project Location: University Of Houston-Downtown Co-Author: Dr. Plamen Simeonov Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown 7 – Martha Cecilia Guerra, “Establishing Homology between Mammalian and Zebrafish Stratified Epithelium” 14 –Vy Nguyen, “Brain Wave Analysis, Web Access” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Wagner Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hong Lin Co-Author: Dr. Daniel Wagner Co-Author: Latpyya Smith, Lucino Flores, Qiang Guo, Troy Project Location: Rice University Cartmill 8 – Brian Holtkamp, “Analysis of Security Code Review Project Location: University of Houston – Downtown Effectiveness” UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Wagner 15 – Owen Pate, “Preliminary Design of UHD Staff/ Faculty Co-Authors: Mattew Finifter, Adrian Mettler, Anne Edmundson, Parking Garage” Emanuel Rivera Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jorge A. Tito Project Location: University of California, Berkeley Co-Author: Balkrishna Patel, Juan Castillo, Aaron Kimmel and Jeffrey Wagner Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Sponsored by: The Brown Foundation, Inc.; National Science Foundation (0728408, 0903948); and UH-Downtown. One Main Street, 725-North; Houston TX 77002-1001 Phone: 713-222-5344; Fax: 713-223-5356; [email protected]; www.uhd.edu/scholars 16 – Tilesh J. Patel, “Characterization of the Thermotropic 20 – Iris R. Silva - Obando, “Identification of FoxF1 Mutations Properties of Novel Catanionic Surfactants Derived from Affecting Patients with Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia with Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants and Misalignment of Pulmonary Veins (ACD/MPV)” Dodecylbenzenesulfonate Existing as Room-Temperature UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Partha Sen Liquid Crystals” Project Location: Baylor College of Medicine Molecular Core UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robin Jose Laboratory Co-Author: Troy A. Cather, Dr. Prodip K. Bhowmik, Dr. Hesook Han, Dr. Janusz Grebowicz 21 – Dat Truong, “Nano Particle Nickel and Nickel Oxide- Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Carbon Composites for Novel Voltammetric Detection” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mian Jiang 17 – Tilesh J. Patel, Troy A. Cather “ Characterization of the Co-Author: Dr. Mian Jiang Thermotropic Properties of Novel Catanionic Surfactants Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Derived from Quaternary Ammonium Surfactants and Bis(2- ethylhexl) sulfosuccinate Existing as Room-Temperature 22 – Mau Truong Dim, “Formulational Properties of a Newly Liquid Crystals” Developed Low Viscosity Diacrylate – Functional Epoxy- UHD Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robin Jose Based Oligomer” Co-Author: Troy A. Cather, Dr. Prodip K. Bhowmik, Dr. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Byron K. Christmas Hesook Han, Dr. Janusz Grebowicz Co-Author: Dayna Spencer Project Location: University of Houston-Downtown Project Location: University Of Houston-Downtown CARSR Lab 18 – Cynthia A. Quinones, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polymerizable Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids for 23 – Reyna Valdez,
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